TWO BRITISH ARMY CORPS TAKE PART IN OPERATION 'GOODWOOD' [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TWO BRITISH ARMY CORPS TAKE PART IN OPERATION 'GOODWOOD' [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 85-6
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  • Summary: Armoured infantry units assigned to 1st Corps assemble in the Orne bridgehead for Operation "Goodwood" as more reinforcements cross the Orne to join those formations taking part in 8th Corps' massive assault on the German lines south-east of Caen.
  • Description: Infantrymen belonging to the 2nd Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Sherman and Fireflies from the Staffordshire Yeomanry and Sherman flail tanks belonging to the 1st Lothian and Border Horse assemble between Herouvillette and Escoville; conspicuously marked with red crosses are M5 half-tracks carrying 3rd British Division RAMC detachments. Daimler armoured cars, White and Daimler scout cars and M5 half-tracks from the Inns of Court Regiment file past the tightly-packed tank and infantry concentration; an RAF Typhoon fighter-bomber flies low over the column. The combined armour and infantry force wait for 185th Brigade's push towards fortified villages along the Caen-Troarn railway to commence. At "Euston" and "York II" bridges over the Orne at Bénouville (the former a permanent structure, the latter a Class 40 Bailey pontoon bridge), elements from the Guards Armoured and 3rd British Divisions pour into the congested bridgehead.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-18
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Harris, L W J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Lothians and Border Horse, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Armoured, 30 (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Armoured, 79 (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Armoured, 27 (regiment/service) British Army, Shropshire Light Infantry, King's, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Bde 185 (regiment/service) British Army, Div 3 (regiment/service) British Army, Armoured Guards Division (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service) British Army, Inns of Court Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, Welsh Guards, Armoured Recce 2nd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 8 (regiment/service) British Army, Yeomanry, Staffordshire (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Armoured, Guards, 5 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Crab & [British] (object name) armour, United States - halftrack: M5 (object name) armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name) armour, British - armoured car: Daimler scout car (object name) armour, British - armoured car: White scout car (object name) armour, British - armoured car: Daimler (object name) armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Firefly & [British] (object name) Stuart III light tank (object name) transport, British military - truck: Bedford 3-ton 4x4 QL (object name) armour, British - funnies: Valentine bridgelayer (object name) armour, British - tank: Cromwell (object name) engineering, military, British: Class 40 Bailey bridge (object name) 01/5(4-16).233 [ Operation Goodwood] (event) Orne (River), France (geography) Euston Bridge, Benouville, Calvados, France (geography) York II Bridge, Benouville, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 819 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Note: See with A70 85-1, 2 and 5 for footage showing 185th Brigade's combined infantry and armour force gathering for "Goodwood" and 85-3, 4 and 8, 86-1, 2, 4 and 5 for material showing vehicles heading into the Orne bridgehead. Refer generally to footage showing 3rd British and Guards Armoured Division units in action during and shortly after the same British offensive. Remarks: Good shots of individual AFVs. notably of Sherman Crab flail tanks and Daimler scout and armoured cars. Best seen with items of footage listed above. Documentation/associated material: for a bibliography, see A70 85-1 for books dealing with Operation "Goodwood" and refer also to 'The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers : Volume IX' by Major-General Pakenham-Walsh.
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